RH UNISEX HC IN NASTY MAGAZINE

by Anca Macavei

What do you consider as being “Sacred” nowadays?

We live in a very fast society today and things are made to consume
more and more. I don’t feel like I belong to this kind of way of living as I do
things that I find a necessity for, there’s a meaning to what I do. I don’t do
things to fill in a category or in a society and that is “Sacred”.

One of your key approaches to life is the “no restrictions”
one. Where is your limit on this topic and which are the topics on which you
impose yourself limits or allow others to do it?

Restrictions should be only for
criminal acts, murder or stealing or any negative act that can happen in our
life. I can’t tell anyone what to do or not to do, I can only suggest my vision
and it’s each person choice to take what makes sense to them from what I do.
I’m anti all limits in life that can stop us to evolve and move forward. Everyone
should feel free and positive in there life to do what ever they like to do
without living in the eyes of others.

“Beauty is everywhere, yet perfection is nowhere“ you
once stated. Point me one thing/concept/idea that embody the concept of
perfection for you.

To attend perfection can be in anything ; designing, cooking,
studying, etc. It’s like making no mistake at all, but it’s impossible.
Perfection for me is the illusion of attending something that it’s at it best
forever. It can’t be possible if you want to grow and learn in life, it’s like
stopping to evolve. What is perfect for someone can be imperfect to another.

You have listed Michelangelo Antonioni's “La Notte” among your
favorite movies, why is that? How do those cinematic concepts of interrupted
journeys, dysfunctional relationships and a seemingly unattainable search
for sincere passion echo in your life?

I really enjoyed how the story was told in such a simple and
poetic/modern way. Everything seemed perfect but again it’s like dying to
yourself by having everything set to an illusion of comfort or finding love.
It’s a very good example ofrelations in
monogamy. I’m in love right now and I don’t know where it will go as I don’t
want to set rules to my relation, I want to enjoy every moment if possible and
we’ll see where it will go.

You always mention how much you want your designs to be anchored
in contemporary, and you try to avoid as much as possible the vintage look. Do
you think there is present without past?

There’s definitely a present without a past. A pure present can’t be
pure if you are not in the now. You can’t be present and having the past in you
at the same time. To be in the present is to be free of all the past and
future. And I think it’s the same for clothing, it is about creating a form
that can be the present at all time without fitting in any past categories.
It’s a very challenging thing for me as it’s very easy to be designing trends
or being the cool thing one day and nothing the next day… I want to be true to
my vision only and to the people that see themselves in it, it’s very
uncompromising.

The geometric shapes like rectangles constitute a strong base
for all your collections. Do patterns or geometry have any particular meanings
to you as sacred shapes, or else, where does this aesthetic come from?

Symmetry and rectangles shapes are the main base of my design. They
help me to attend the “Unisex” vision that I have been building for the past 6
years. The geometry in my shapes are made of these to things and I find that
they make the human body look longer and modern. I think that I’m very unconsciously
attracted to architect and I think that’s where all of it come from.

The concepts of timeless and genderless are your main
distinctive elements. Did they come up from just the idea of doing something
different, opposite to the current state of fashion or is it something more
personal? Do you see yourself as belonging to only one gender or category?

They came up from the idea of no trends and no rules or codes of
dressing and that is different in our society. I have no intrest in fashion, I
am interested in the human being and they way we live in our world, especially
on planet earth. I 100% belong no category or gender as my message is all about
not limiting yourself to any of that.

Unisex refers to things that are suitable for either gender that
are shared by both sexes. Is it just a somehow utopian approach that you reflect
artistically in your work or would you really like the world to be constituted
on this premises?

I would like to see a world built with complete freedom and new way
of thinking and to have more people that observes things rather than just
following others. Religion has always exsited as we always need a guide in our
life and I’m not interested in being a guru or a chef. The hope is not in me
but in all of us. Unisexe is a new way of being that can be applied by anyone,
anywhere at anytime.

“Fashion is an illusion” you said. Therefore you see yourself
as a creator of illusions and the magicians of the 20th century are the fashion
designers?

I always say “Everything is an illusion” and that include fashion,
art, design and me. Today’s fashion designers are just making collections to
sell and to please editors and press, there’s nothing magical about that. Very
few designers make things differently that can inspire people to think forward and
dream. There’s magic in everything in life but you have to look deep for it,
it’s not always evident but I’m thankful to know that it’s always possible.